Alpine Snow School - Snowboard


     
jason   Snowboard Technical Director:
Jason Hewitt

We are pleased to have Jason Hewitt returning as our Technical Director. Jason has Level III and Park Instructor CASI certifications.

Contact: Snowboard School

For a complete overview on how snowboard lessons operate and other details on the snow school, please see the Alpine Snow School Overview page.


SNOWBOARD STUDENT PROGRAMS

Regular 2 hour snowboard lessons are available for all levels, from beginner to expert, as part of your Saturday, Sunday and Wednesday day trip package. Cost is included in your membership fee. Lessons run each day from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 and will be available for 10 weeks beginning January 2, 2010. Check the day trip schedule for the listing of destinations.

You will be placed in a small group of boarders of similar ability. We have classes for never-evers, beginners, novices, intermediates and advanced. (see descriptions below)

If you want to try snowboarding for the first time, we will help you through the rental shop, guide you to suitable safe terrain, help you through those first exciting moments on snow and get you happily through the morning.

If you'd like, instructors are available for a small fee for private and semi-private lessons in the afternoons. This is your chance to get personal coaching, or team up with a friend. If you've already boarded, but are looking to have fun improving your riding, we offer lessons for all abilities. We will help you learn to balance, slide, turn, carve, play in the moguls, try the half pipe, catch some air, stomp some rails, race gates and have a great time. Our instructors are there to guide you while you discover the joys of snowboarding using a progressive approach.


SNOWBOARD SCHOOL APPRENTICE PROGRAM

Snowboard students of advanced ability are welcome to learn the ropes about teaching snowboarding by shadowing one of our NTSC instructors during our morning lessons. The goal of this program is to work towards Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (C.A.S.I.) 1 certification.

Please check out the C.A.S.I. website for more information about C.A.S.I. 1 course requirements, and course dates/locations.

Please contact the Snowboard School, or talk with one of our snowboard instructors for more details about the NTSC program.


STUDENT ABILITY LEVELS

Beginner
  • Never Ever:
    First time rider, never been on a board before and keen to try!

  • Beginner:
    Had a lesson or two, learning to turn on green runs.
Novice
  • Novice:
    Can turn on green runs with control.

  • Advanced Novice:
    Completely comfortable on green runs. Starting to ride blue runs.
Intermediate
  • New Intermediate:
    Can ride most blue runs, with conservative speed.

  • Intermediate:
    Enjoys all blue runs.
Advanced Intermediate
  • Aggressively rides blue runs with speed and control. Slides down some Ontario black diamond runs!
Advanced
  • New Advanced:
    Comfortable on groomed black diamond runs at a moderate speed.

  • Advanced:
    Rides groomed black diamond runs with speed and control. Rides the moguls at moderate speed.

  • Expert:
    Rides all black diamond terrain.


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SPECIALIZED SNOWBOARD CLINIC DAYS


Over the course of the season, we will be offering some specialized snowboard clinics in racing, carving, boarder-x, half pipe & terrain park. These clinics will be open to any intermediate snowboarder or above, and will be offered in place of the regular day trip lesson on the specified dates. When booking your daytrip online, please indicate interest in the clinics by using the comments section of the form.


DATE
DESCRIPTION
Sat Jan 9th

Intro to Park and Pipe
Sat Jan 16th

Advanced Racing/Gates
Sat Jan 23rd

Slopestyle
Sun Jan 24th

Intermediate Racing/Gates
Sun Jan 31st

Boarder-X Advanced Racing/Gates
Sun Feb 7th

Intermediate Racing/Gates
Sat Feb 13th

Intro to Park and Pipe Beginner Racing/Gates
Sun Feb 21st

Beginner Racing/Gates Boarder-X
Sat Feb 27th

RACE DAY!!!! Go for the GOLD!!! All levels
Sun Mar 7th

Intermediate Park and Pipe (cancelled)
Sat Mar 13th

Intro to Park and Pipe
Sat Mar 20th

Beginner/Intermediate Park and Pipe (new!)
Sun Mar 21st

Beginner/Intermediate Park and Pipe (cancelled)

 * Park, Pipe, AND Boarder-X require participants to wear helmets.

What is Boarder X ?

In Boarder X, also know as "BoarderCross", several riders (usually 4, but sometimes 6) race down a course similar to a motorcycle motocross track (with jumps, berms and other obstacles constructed out of snow on a downhill course). Competitions involve a series of heats, traditionally with the first 2 riders in each heat advancing to the next round. The overall winner is the rider that finishes first in the final round.

We DO NOT race or compete as a club, but provide a clinic for snowboarders to learn about the skills required for riding through these courses races. For information on how to compete in these races, please see the Association of Ontario Snowboarders - AOS

What is Race/Gates ?

In this type of event, snowboarders race downhill through sets of gates requiring plenty of technical skill as well as speed.

What is Park and Pipe?

A terrain park is an outdoor area that contains terrain that allows snowboarders and skiers to do tricks. Features in the terrain park could be a jump, box, rails or 1/2 Pipe.

What is Slopestyle?

Think ollie's, nollie's, flatland spins with reverts, and steezy butters. Confused? Not to worry, whether you're a burgeoning intermediate looking to "switch" it up and add some "style" to your riding, or an advanced shredder wanting to expand your bag or tricks, you'll learn a number of freestyle moves you can bust out on any slope and impress all the cool kids in their baggy pants!


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Please Contact Us if you have questions or need more information